Thornton: 700 books

From a retired mailman comes a heartfelt memory of what the USPS once was, and a commentary on what it has devolved into. From a true service of the people, it has become a bureaucratic nightmare, changed from protecting citizens and policing neighborhoods, into a bullyiing organization intent...

Simon Stanton, archeologist, has tumbled into the underground world of the Neanderthal, who call themselves Cycladians. Amazed at their cultural achievements, he studies under their tutelage. Along with a beautiful Cycladian girl, he travels above ground into the city of Chicago, and discovers the...

A COMEDY QUEEN “It was to a noise like thunder, and close clasped in a soldier’s embrace, that Catherine I. made her first appearance in Russian history.” History, indeed, contains few chapters more strange, more seemingly impossible, than this which tells the story of the maid-of-all-work—the...

To her friends and family, Joy Wildman-McInnis had it all: a handsome, ambitious husband, a fulfilling career, loving friends and family and a beautiful home in the suburbs of Ottawa. In public, Joy works tirelessly to maintain the faade of the happy suburbanite, but in private, she is miserable....

Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him imprisoned until he is old enough to set out on his own. If there's any hope he has, it's to be the greatest chef that ever lived... just like his father. One night, a band of magicians begin to...

The justice system is there to protect us, but it often fails. Sometimes those failures are so egregious, so dangerous to those who are least able to protect themselves, that they cannot be allowed to stand. But can these failures be corrected and the innocent kept safe? One man has figured it out...

From one of the genre’s best-loved names, a delightful tale of second chances and unexpected romance. Having been recently widowed in her forties, shy Jane Redfern has finally plucked up the courage to head off on holiday by herself. Embarking on a ten-day coach trip to Germany, the last...

The aim of this book is to present the modern design principles and analysis of lens antennas. It gives graduates and RF/Microwave professionals the design insights in order to make full use of lens antennas. Why do we want to write a book in lens antennas? Because this topic has not been thoroughly...

From Here To There And Other Places Too is, I suppose, a conglomeration. Perhaps a better term would be a con-glob-eration. Why? Because bits and pieces of stories and events came to mind in globs as I was writing at my desk. As a memory occurred, I immediately jotted it down and each glob became a story; hence, the title From Here to There and Other Places Too.

This book is written from the heart. It is for others to consider their faith and the faith of others that surround you with love—how love and faith can carry you through dark times and bring you to the person of faith you were meant to be, a caring Christian being, with the realization of God’s plan for you becoming clear. God is in ultimate control of us all.

Passion Under Fire When Major Cole Raven rescues Honor O’Donnell from a rushing river in war-torn Spain, he knows he could find love with this brave, beautiful-unattainable-young woman. An oath to a dying soldier to protect Honor throws them together, and with the dangers of war all around...

Doctor Cher Stone is a highly respected Cardiovascular Surgeon at Memorial Hospital—highly respected but not especially liked. The doctors and interns call her Stoneheart behind her back because of her cold rigid attitude and bad temperament. Suzie Becker is Cher’s head nurse and her only friend....

Two children go to visit their grandfather in the country. After questioning their grandfather about a crumbling tower down the road, the children soon find themselves wrapped up in a coming of age story that centers around one particular dragon. It becomes obvious that things are not always as they first appear.

The second book in the He Walks with Dragons saga: As often happens in our world, the world that Draig the dragonrider once knew was gone, and now, he will have to learn to live in a world he had often shunned. While Draig builds himself a new life within a short distance of a small piece of...